Easter Morning

Easter Basket Cupcakes!

Dyeing Eggs!

We dyed our Easter eggs tonight, with only two egg mishaps--once when RUS got too excited and leaned on the table while holding an egg in his hand (oops!) and once when R colored on her egg a little too hard with her crayon (uh-oh!)--so there are 10 gorgeous eggs waiting in our fridge for the Easter bunny to hide on Sunday!

Spring Celebration

R's pre-kindergarten class at day care had a Spring Celebration today. She was so excited to share with us the basket she made and decorated for the celebration that she came running out of bed to tell me that she wanted to keep the basket in her room. I decided right then and there that I ought to take a picture to document how awesome the basket was and throw it up on the blog. So here you go!

Little Boy Blue

I just love these pictures of RUS wearing his Easter outfit and R's Easter hat!

Easter Pictures

A Preview of Easter Dessert

R and I made this cake this afternoon and had fun decorating it after dinner! We shared fairly equally in the decorating decisions which, I think, is well-reflected in the cake's final appearance.

Neighborhood Easter Egg Hunt

This past Saturday afternoon there was an Easter Egg hunt in the neighborhood. R and I headed down but RUS was napping (the hunt took place at 1 p.m. and he is usually down for the count by noonish).

Here she is at the start of the hunt:
And she was a little shy about picking up the eggs, but did end up with two!

Both of her eggs had chocolate in them, YUM. I couldn't stop her from eating them both right away--here she is, thrilled as punch, with one of them.
And there was a surprise appearance from the Easter Bunny!! I was so proud of R for being brave and approaching the bunny herself for a hug.

Baby Chick Cards

R made some Easter cards for her cousins and grandparents and great-grandparents. We dipped her heel in yellow paint and used that to make baby chicks. Then we feathered grass (or drew grass, in the case of the cards we made on white paper, which I forgot to take a photograph of before sealing them in envelopes) and added black legs and eyes and orange beaks. Finally she embellished the cards with stickers and wrote names on the backs of the cards.
EDITED TO ADD: I found this project online but what I read wasn't a detailed walk-through of how to do it, complete with pictures, but instead, a general description of the project. Later, I discovered some pictures of the actual final project and realized that I understood the instructions (and the image of the final project) entirely differently than was intended!!! So, I present to you the actual baby chick footprint card (below). Isn't it totally and completely adorable? I am even contemplating doing the project again, especially because I know R will be thrilled at the opportunity.